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Denny Walling
Dennis Martin Walling

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Clemson University

Debut September 7, 1975
  vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 10, 1992
Born April 17, 1954 in Neptune, NJ

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 21 OAK AL   6    8    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   4  .125  .125  .250    5    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 22 OAK AL   3   11    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .273  .273  .273   64    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 23 HOU NL   6   21    1    6   0  1   0    6   0  1   2   4  .286  .348  .381  104    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 24 HOU NL 120  247   30   62  11  3   3   36   9  2  30  24  .251  .332  .356  100   88   0   2   3   1   2
 1979 25 HOU NL  82  147   21   48   8  4   3   31   3  2  17  21  .327  .394  .497  149   73   0   1   2   0   2
 1980 26 HOU NL 100  284   30   85   6  5   3   29   4  3  35  26  .299  .374  .387  121  110   0   2   4   0   2
 1981 27 HOU NL  65  158   23   37   6  0   5   23   2  1  28  17  .234  .346  .367  108   58   1   2   1   0   3
 1982 28 HOU NL  85  146   22   30   4  1   1   14   4  2  23  19  .205  .312  .267   70   39   0   1   3   0   6
 1983 29 HOU NL 100  135   24   40   5  3   3   19   2  2  15  16  .296  .364  .444  131   60   1   1   1   0   1
 1984 30 HOU NL  87  249   37   70  11  5   3   31   7  1  16  28  .281  .325  .402  111  100   0   2   2   1   4
 1985 31 HOU NL 119  345   44   93  20  1   7   45   5  2  25  26  .270  .316  .394  101  136   0   4   2   0   8
 1986 32 HOU NL 130  382   54  119  23  1  13   58   1  1  36  31  .312  .367  .479  135  183   0   4   5   0   8
 1987 33 HOU NL 110  325   45   92  21  4   5   33   5  1  39  37  .283  .356  .418  108  136   2   4   1   0   9
 1988 34 TOT NL  84  234   22   56  13  2   1   21   2  0  17  25  .239  .291  .325   79   76   1   0   3   0   3
         HOU NL  65  176   19   43  10  2   1   20   1  0  15  18  .244  .304  .341   89   60   1   0   3   0   2
         STL NL  19   58    3   13   3  0   0    1   1  0   2   7  .224  .250  .276   51   16   0   0   0   0   1
 1989 35 STL NL  69   79    9   24   7  0   1   11   0  0  14  12  .304  .409  .430  138   34   0   0   2   0   1
 1990 36 STL NL  78  127    7   28   5  0   1   19   0  0   8  15  .220  .265  .283   51   36   1   1   0   0   5
 1991 37 TEX AL  24   44    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   8  .091  .184  .114  -15    5   0   0   0   2   3
 1992 38 HOU NL   3    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   94    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1271 2945  372  799 142 30  49  380  44 18 308 316  .271  .339  .390  107 1148   6  24  29   4  57
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        375   47  102  18  4   6   48   6  2  39  40  .271  .339  .390  107  146   1   3   4   1   7
 Career High    130  382   54  119  23  5  13   58   9  3  39  37  .312  .374  .479  135  183   2   4   5   2   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 21 OAK AL    8    7    0   0.0    91| .125  .256| .125  .325| .250  .376| .375  .701|   5  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1976 22 OAK AL   11    8    1   3.4    82| .273  .250| .273  .314| .273  .353| .546  .667|  64  .425  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1977 23 HOU NL   23   16    3   5.1    95| .286  .258| .348  .324| .381  .394| .729  .718| 104  .541   0.0   0.0   0%
 1978 24 HOU NL  280  191   32   4.5    88| .251  .253| .332  .319| .356  .371| .688  .690| 100  .532   0.9   0.1  81%
 1979 25 HOU NL  165  104   29   7.5    94| .327  .262| .394  .326| .497  .388| .891  .715| 149  .725   9.9   1.0  60%
 1980 26 HOU NL  321  206   43   5.6    88| .299  .257| .374  .318| .387  .373| .761  .691| 121  .628   8.9   0.9  57%
 1981 27 HOU NL  189  128   22   4.7    88| .234  .256| .346  .321| .367  .368| .713  .689| 108  .556   2.7   0.3  66%
 1982 28 HOU NL  170  125   12   2.6    88| .205  .256| .312  .318| .267  .372| .579  .690|  70  .291  -4.8  -0.5  66%
 1983 29 HOU NL  152  100   22   5.9    91| .296  .255| .364  .322| .444  .378| .808  .700| 131  .647   5.5   0.6  50%
 1984 30 HOU NL  268  186   33   4.8    87| .281  .254| .325  .317| .402  .369| .727  .686| 111  .560   3.0   0.3  87%
 1985 31 HOU NL  374  266   42   4.3    92| .270  .256| .316  .324| .394  .382| .710  .706| 101  .505   0.2   0.0  71%
 1986 32 HOU NL  422  276   67   6.6    95| .312  .258| .367  .328| .479  .389| .846  .716| 135  .682  18.5   1.9  50%
 1987 33 HOU NL  370  249   50   5.4   102| .283  .264| .356  .333| .418  .412| .774  .745| 108  .558   5.3   0.5  83%
 1988 34 TOT NL  252  182   23   3.4    87| .239  .253| .291  .316| .325  .371| .616  .688|  79  .429  -6.4  -0.7 100%
         HOU NL  192  136   19   3.8    86| .244  .252| .304  .315| .341  .369| .645  .684|  89  .474  -2.6  -0.3 100%
         STL NL   60   46    4   2.4    90| .224  .257| .250  .321| .276  .378| .526  .699|  51  .274  -3.8  -0.4 100%
 1989 35 STL NL   93   56   15   7.2    93| .304  .257| .409  .325| .430  .383| .839  .708| 138  .742   4.8   0.5   0%
 1990 36 STL NL  137  106    9   2.3    98| .220  .264| .265  .331| .283  .397| .548  .728|  51  .231  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1991 37 TEX AL   49   43    1   0.6    95| .091  .258| .184  .326| .114  .391| .298  .717| -15  .026  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1992 38 HOU NL    3    2    0   0.0    88| .333  .253| .333  .318| .333  .373| .666  .691|  94  .000  -0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     3287 2251  404   4.8    92| .271  .257| .339  .323| .390  .382| .729  .705| 107  .555  31.7   3.1  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 21 OAK AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.10 2.25 2.40 1 12.0 CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.80 1 9.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1976 22 OAK AL OF 3 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 2.67 2.20 2.88 2.48 2 25.0 LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.90 2.00 2.20 0 9.0 CF 2 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 3.50 2.60 3.94 2.98 2 16.0 1977 23 HOU NL OF 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 2.80 1.92 2.61 2.25 5 48.3 LF 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 4.50 1.50 4.50 1.95 2 18.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.40 2.10 2 22.3 CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.30 3.38 2.70 1 8.0 1978 24 HOU NL OF 78 140 4 3 2 .980 .980 1.85 1.94 2.40 2.31 55 540.3 LF 67 112 4 3 2 .975 .978 1.73 1.55 2.22 1.99 49 469.7 RF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.79 2.45 2.13 3 36.7 CF 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.80 2.28 3.71 2.81 3 34.0 1979 25 HOU NL OF 42 65 2 1 0 .985 .980 1.60 2.00 2.13 2.33 32 283.7 RF 35 54 2 1 0 .982 .979 1.60 1.87 1.98 2.19 30 254.7 LF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.29 1.59 2.79 2.02 2 29.0 1980 26 HOU NL 1B 63 505 31 6 46 .989 .992 8.51 8.97 9.93 10.16 57 485.7 OF 19 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.05 1.98 1.51 2.31 13 119.0 RF 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.00 1.71 1.39 2.06 12 110.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 2.00 2.10 1 9.0 1981 27 HOU NL 1B 27 188 8 2 17 .990 .992 7.26 8.68 9.85 10.22 18 179.0 OF 27 38 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.44 2.02 1.82 2.33 21 193.0 RF 21 22 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.05 1.65 1.39 2.08 16 142.0 LF 5 16 1 0 1 1.000 .977 3.40 1.80 3.56 2.11 4 43.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 1.12 2.81 1 8.0 1982 28 HOU NL OF 32 38 3 0 0 1.000 .979 1.28 1.91 2.02 2.25 18 182.7 1B 20 129 8 1 8 .993 .992 6.85 8.89 10.98 10.23 10 112.3 RF 18 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.65 1.71 2.02 10 105.0 CF 11 17 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.73 2.30 2.50 2.66 8 68.3 LF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.60 1.94 2.03 0 9.3 1983 29 HOU NL 1B 42 115 8 1 12 .992 .992 2.93 8.39 8.93 9.96 5 124.0 OF 13 11 0 2 0 .846 .982 0.85 1.92 1.50 2.26 7 66.0 3B 13 8 21 3 1 .906 .948 2.23 2.29 3.27 2.70 9 79.7 RF 12 11 0 2 0 .846 .982 0.92 1.64 1.60 2.00 7 62.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1984 30 HOU NL 3B 52 30 100 6 14 .956 .943 2.50 2.36 3.06 2.79 46 382.0 1B 16 83 2 1 7 .988 .992 5.31 8.15 9.97 9.86 6 76.7 OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.92 1.89 2.27 0 14.3 CF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.40 1.23 2.71 0 7.3 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.53 1.29 2.06 0 7.0 1985 31 HOU NL 3B 51 31 104 9 9 .938 .948 2.65 2.47 3.01 2.88 48 403.0 1B 46 283 20 2 22 .993 .993 6.59 8.54 9.47 10.06 30 288.0 OF 13 12 0 1 0 .923 .976 0.92 1.88 1.79 2.19 4 60.3 RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 1.69 2.22 2.04 1 24.3 LF 6 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.92 3 36.0 1986 32 HOU NL 3B 102 59 156 9 6 .960 .946 2.11 2.20 2.61 2.72 81 741.7 OF 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.82 1.82 2.83 2.19 5 63.7 LF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 1.43 3.02 1.97 5 50.7 RF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.62 2.77 2.01 0 13.0 1B 4 30 4 0 2 1.000 .991 8.50 8.30 10.93 9.93 2 28.0 1987 33 HOU NL 3B 79 72 109 10 13 .948 .951 2.29 2.34 2.82 2.82 68 577.0 1B 16 95 9 0 8 1.000 .991 6.50 8.47 7.98 9.88 12 117.3 OF 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.83 1.63 2.19 6 49.7 LF 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.58 2.12 2.04 4 34.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.57 2.01 2 15.7 1988 34 TOT NL 3B 56 33 110 9 16 .941 .947 2.55 2.35 3.17 2.77 46 406.0 TOT NL OF 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.98 1.36 2.28 11 92.7 TOT NL LF 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.18 1.75 1.40 2.13 10 83.7 TOT NL 1B 4 26 2 0 1 1.000 .989 7.00 8.65 9.33 9.97 2 27.0 HOU NL 3B 51 33 99 7 14 .950 .947 2.59 2.35 3.16 2.77 42 376.0 1B 3 21 1 0 1 1.000 .991 7.33 8.67 10.42 9.95 1 19.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 1.38 2.15 1 13.0 STL NL OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.09 1.98 1.36 2.28 10 79.7 LF 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.10 1.75 1.40 2.13 9 70.7 3B 5 0 11 2 2 .846 .948 2.20 2.36 3.30 2.76 4 30.0 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 8.60 6.75 10.01 1 8.0 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.00 2.00 1 9.0 1989 35 STL NL 1B 20 58 4 2 4 .969 .992 3.10 8.38 9.46 9.75 2 59.0 3B 9 0 5 2 0 .714 .943 0.56 2.24 1.05 2.70 4 43.0 OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.50 1.97 2.19 2.31 5 37.0 LF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.73 2.14 2.14 3 21.0 RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 2.25 2.14 2 16.0 1990 36 STL NL 1B 15 86 6 0 4 1.000 .992 6.13 7.88 10.31 9.59 8 80.3 3B 11 6 19 0 1 1.000 .947 2.27 2.31 2.71 2.73 11 83.0 OF 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.01 2.90 2.39 4 37.3 RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.82 3.55 2.22 2 20.3 LF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.70 2.65 2.17 2 17.0 1991 37 TEX AL 3B 14 6 13 1 0 .950 .955 1.36 2.33 2.85 2.79 7 60.0 OF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 2.02 1.11 2.37 2 32.3 LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.87 2.19 2 19.3 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.22 0 13.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 26 HOU NL 1B 63 505 31 6 46 .989 .992 8.51 8.97 9.93 10.16 57 485.7 1981 27 HOU NL 1B 27 188 8 2 17 .990 .992 7.26 8.68 9.85 10.22 18 179.0 1982 28 HOU NL 1B 20 129 8 1 8 .993 .992 6.85 8.89 10.98 10.23 10 112.3 1983 29 HOU NL 1B 42 115 8 1 12 .992 .992 2.93 8.39 8.93 9.96 5 124.0 1984 30 HOU NL 1B 16 83 2 1 7 .988 .992 5.31 8.15 9.97 9.86 6 76.7 1985 31 HOU NL 1B 46 283 20 2 22 .993 .993 6.59 8.54 9.47 10.06 30 288.0 1986 32 HOU NL 1B 4 30 4 0 2 1.000 .991 8.50 8.30 10.93 9.93 2 28.0 1987 33 HOU NL 1B 16 95 9 0 8 1.000 .991 6.50 8.47 7.98 9.88 12 117.3 1988 34 TOT NL 1B 4 26 2 0 1 1.000 .989 7.00 8.65 9.33 9.97 2 27.0 HOU NL 1B 3 21 1 0 1 1.000 .991 7.33 8.67 10.42 9.95 1 19.0 STL NL 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 8.60 6.75 10.01 1 8.0 1989 35 STL NL 1B 20 58 4 2 4 .969 .992 3.10 8.38 9.46 9.75 2 59.0 1990 36 STL NL 1B 15 86 6 0 4 1.000 .992 6.13 7.88 10.31 9.59 8 80.3 1983 29 HOU NL 3B 13 8 21 3 1 .906 .948 2.23 2.29 3.27 2.70 9 79.7 1984 30 HOU NL 3B 52 30 100 6 14 .956 .943 2.50 2.36 3.06 2.79 46 382.0 1985 31 HOU NL 3B 51 31 104 9 9 .938 .948 2.65 2.47 3.01 2.88 48 403.0 1986 32 HOU NL 3B 102 59 156 9 6 .960 .946 2.11 2.20 2.61 2.72 81 741.7 1987 33 HOU NL 3B 79 72 109 10 13 .948 .951 2.29 2.34 2.82 2.82 68 577.0 1988 34 TOT NL 3B 56 33 110 9 16 .941 .947 2.55 2.35 3.17 2.77 46 406.0 HOU NL 3B 51 33 99 7 14 .950 .947 2.59 2.35 3.16 2.77 42 376.0 STL NL 3B 5 0 11 2 2 .846 .948 2.20 2.36 3.30 2.76 4 30.0 1989 35 STL NL 3B 9 0 5 2 0 .714 .943 0.56 2.24 1.05 2.70 4 43.0 1990 36 STL NL 3B 11 6 19 0 1 1.000 .947 2.27 2.31 2.71 2.73 11 83.0 1991 37 TEX AL 3B 14 6 13 1 0 .950 .955 1.36 2.33 2.85 2.79 7 60.0 1975 21 OAK AL CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.80 1 9.0 1976 22 OAK AL CF 2 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 3.50 2.60 3.94 2.98 2 16.0 1977 23 HOU NL CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.30 3.38 2.70 1 8.0 1978 24 HOU NL CF 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.80 2.28 3.71 2.81 3 34.0 1981 27 HOU NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 1.12 2.81 1 8.0 1982 28 HOU NL CF 11 17 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.73 2.30 2.50 2.66 8 68.3 1984 30 HOU NL CF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.40 1.23 2.71 0 7.3 1975 21 OAK AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1976 22 OAK AL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.90 2.00 2.20 0 9.0 1977 23 HOU NL LF 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 4.50 1.50 4.50 1.95 2 18.0 1978 24 HOU NL LF 67 112 4 3 2 .975 .978 1.73 1.55 2.22 1.99 49 469.7 1979 25 HOU NL LF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.29 1.59 2.79 2.02 2 29.0 1980 26 HOU NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 2.00 2.10 1 9.0 1981 27 HOU NL LF 5 16 1 0 1 1.000 .977 3.40 1.80 3.56 2.11 4 43.0 1982 28 HOU NL LF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.60 1.94 2.03 0 9.3 1983 29 HOU NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1984 30 HOU NL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.53 1.29 2.06 0 7.0 1985 31 HOU NL LF 6 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.92 3 36.0 1986 32 HOU NL LF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 1.43 3.02 1.97 5 50.7 1987 33 HOU NL LF 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.58 2.12 2.04 4 34.0 1988 34 TOT NL LF 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.18 1.75 1.40 2.13 10 83.7 HOU NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 1.38 2.15 1 13.0 STL NL LF 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.10 1.75 1.40 2.13 9 70.7 1989 35 STL NL LF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.73 2.14 2.14 3 21.0 1990 36 STL NL LF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.70 2.65 2.17 2 17.0 1991 37 TEX AL LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.87 2.19 2 19.3 1975 21 OAK AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.10 2.25 2.40 1 12.0 1976 22 OAK AL OF 3 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 2.67 2.20 2.88 2.48 2 25.0 1977 23 HOU NL OF 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 2.80 1.92 2.61 2.25 5 48.3 1978 24 HOU NL OF 78 140 4 3 2 .980 .980 1.85 1.94 2.40 2.31 55 540.3 1979 25 HOU NL OF 42 65 2 1 0 .985 .980 1.60 2.00 2.13 2.33 32 283.7 1980 26 HOU NL OF 19 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.05 1.98 1.51 2.31 13 119.0 1981 27 HOU NL OF 27 38 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.44 2.02 1.82 2.33 21 193.0 1982 28 HOU NL OF 32 38 3 0 0 1.000 .979 1.28 1.91 2.02 2.25 18 182.7 1983 29 HOU NL OF 13 11 0 2 0 .846 .982 0.85 1.92 1.50 2.26 7 66.0 1984 30 HOU NL OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.92 1.89 2.27 0 14.3 1985 31 HOU NL OF 13 12 0 1 0 .923 .976 0.92 1.88 1.79 2.19 4 60.3 1986 32 HOU NL OF 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.82 1.82 2.83 2.19 5 63.7 1987 33 HOU NL OF 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.83 1.63 2.19 6 49.7 1988 34 TOT NL OF 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.98 1.36 2.28 11 92.7 HOU NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.00 1.38 2.28 1 13.0 STL NL OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.09 1.98 1.36 2.28 10 79.7 1989 35 STL NL OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.50 1.97 2.19 2.31 5 37.0 1990 36 STL NL OF 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.01 2.90 2.39 4 37.3 1991 37 TEX AL OF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 2.02 1.11 2.37 2 32.3 1977 23 HOU NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.40 2.10 2 22.3 1978 24 HOU NL RF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.79 2.45 2.13 3 36.7 1979 25 HOU NL RF 35 54 2 1 0 .982 .979 1.60 1.87 1.98 2.19 30 254.7 1980 26 HOU NL RF 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.00 1.71 1.39 2.06 12 110.0 1981 27 HOU NL RF 21 22 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.05 1.65 1.39 2.08 16 142.0 1982 28 HOU NL RF 18 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.65 1.71 2.02 10 105.0 1983 29 HOU NL RF 12 11 0 2 0 .846 .982 0.92 1.64 1.60 2.00 7 62.0 1985 31 HOU NL RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 1.69 2.22 2.04 1 24.3 1986 32 HOU NL RF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.62 2.77 2.01 0 13.0 1987 33 HOU NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.57 2.01 2 15.7 1988 34 STL NL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.00 2.00 1 9.0 1989 35 STL NL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 2.25 2.14 2 16.0 1990 36 STL NL RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.82 3.55 2.22 2 20.3 1991 37 TEX AL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.22 0 13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 387 245 637 49 60 .947 .947 2.28 2.32 2.86 2.78 320 2775.3 OF* 290 417 13 8 3 .982 .980 1.48 1.95 2.08 2.30 191 1857.3 133 24 137# 1B* 273 1598 102 15 131 .991 .992 6.23 8.58 9.70 10.05 152 1577.3 RF* 137 159 3 3 0 .982 .979 1.18 1.73 1.73 2.10 88 844.0 LF* 133 208 8 4 3 .982 .978 1.62 1.60 2.25 2.02 87 862.7 CF* 24 45 2 1 0 .979 .987 1.96 2.35 2.81 2.75 16 150.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 950 2260 752 72 194 .977 .977 3.17 4.01 4.37 4.48 663 6210
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   3   9   2   1  0  0  0   2   1   0  .111  .182  .111   0  0   0   1   0 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   3   6   0   3  0  0  0   1   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   5  19   1   3  1  0  0   2   0   4  .158  .158  .211   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   8  28   3   4  1  0  0   4   1   4  .143  .167  .179   0  0   0   1   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3  11  34   3   7  1  0  0   5   1   5  .206  .222  .235   0  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Oldest Player
1992 NL-38-6

Youngest Player
1975 AL-21-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 11.2 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1648) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

June 15, 1977: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with cash to the Houston Astros for Willie Crawford.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

August 31, 1988: Traded by the Houston Astros to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Forsch.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

April 7, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

June 22, 1991: Released by the Texas Rangers.

January 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 5, 1992: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Houston Astros$341,667
1986Houston Astros$366,667
1987Houston Astros$595,000
1988Houston Astros$575,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$615,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$500,000
1992Houston Astros$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,293,334

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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